Tuesday, January 18, 2011

C-SPAN: Korean Peninsula Tensions


I chose this video because North Korea had more aggressions over last year, and as a Taiwanese, the tensions on the Korean Peninsula more or less affect not only our perception to North Korea but also everything else such as everyday business, oil prices and the stock market in Taiwan.

The section I embedded is particular interesting to me because Michael Auslin pointed out that North Korea always knew where the "line" is. In other words, North Korea knows where the bottom line is to show South Korea what they are capable of doing, but at the same time, not so aggressive that the south side has to fight back.

Prior to watching this video, I still remember talking to friends and saying I have no idea why North Korean government would do something that they've been doing for the past few decades. I'm still not en expert on the issue of the Korean Peninsula, but this video gave me a little more analysis and understanding of why North Korea did what they did. I think it's a video that is worth watching.

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